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MASTERCARD CREDIT CARD AGREEMENT

In this Agreement the words “you” and “your” mean each and all of those who agree to be bound by this Agreement; “Card” means the MasterCard credit card and any duplicates, renewals, or substitutions the Credit Union issues to you; “Account” means your MasterCard credit card line of credit account with the Credit Union, and “Credit Union” means the Credit Union whose name appears on this Agreement or anyone to whom the Credit Union transfers this Agreement.

1. Using Your Account - If you are approved for an Account, the Credit Union will establish a line of credit for you and notify you of your credit limit. You agree that your credit limit is the maximum amount (purchases, cash advances, finance charges, plus “other charges”) that you will have outstanding on your Account at any time. If you are over your credit limit, you must pay the amount you are over before payments will begin to restore your credit limit. You may request an increase in your credit limit only by a method acceptable to the Credit Union. The Credit Union has the right to reduce your credit limit, refuse to make advance and/or terminate your Account at any time for any reason not prohibited by law.
2. Using Your Card - You may use your card to make purchases from merchants and others who accept MasterCard Cards. However, you may not use your Card to initiate any type of gambling transaction. If you wish to pay for goods or services over the internet, you may be required to provide card member security information before you will be permitted to complete the transaction. You may also obtain cash advances from the Credit Union and from other financial institutions that accept MasterCard Cards, and from some automated teller machines (ATMs). (Not all ATMs accept MasterCard Cards.) To obtain cash advances from an ATM, you must use the Personal Identification Number (PIN) that is issued to you for use with your Card. You agree that you will not use your Card for any transaction that is illegal under applicable federal, state, or local law.
3. Responsibility - You agree to pay all charges (purchases and cash advances) to your Account that are made by you or anyone whom you authorize to use your Account. You also agree to pay all finance charges and other charges added to your Account under the terms of this Agreement or another agreement you made with the Credit Union. If this is a joint Account, Section 19 below also applies to your Account.
   
4. Military Lending Act - Federal law provides important protections to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents relating to extensions of consumer credit. In general, the cost of consumer credit to a member of the Armed Forces and his or her dependent may not exceed an annual percentage rate of 36 percent. This rate must include, as applicable to the credit transaction or account: The costs associated with credit insurance premiums; fees for ancillary products sold in connection with the credit transaction; any application fee charged (other than certain application fees for specified credit transactions or accounts); and any participation fee charged (other than certain participation fees for a credit card account.)
   Please call us at 281-449-0109 to receive oral disclosures of the Military Lending Act disclosure above and a description of the payment obligation.
   
   
5. Finance Charges - If your Card features an Introductory Rate, you will pay a FINANCE CHARGE for the transaction categories and time period, and at the introductory periodic rate and ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE set forth on the Account Opening Disclosures provided after your application is approved. After the introductory period, and during the introductory period for any transaction categories not subject to the Introductory Rate: You will pay a FINANCE CHARGE for all advances made against your MASTERCARD PLATINUM SECURED credit card at the periodic rate of .0408219% per day, which has a corresponding ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE of 14.9%. You will pay a FINANCE CHARGE for all advances made against your MASTERCARD PLATINUM credit card (With Rewards) at the periodic rate of .0380822% per day, which has a corresponding ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE of 13.9%. You will pay a FINANCE CHARGE for all advances made against your MASTERCARD PLATINUM credit card (Without Rewards) at the periodic rate of .0326027% per day, which has a corresponding ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE of 11.9%. You will pay a FINANCE CHARGE for all advances made against your MASTERCARD PLATINUM PREMIER credit card (With Rewards) at the periodic rate of .0298630% per day, which has a corresponding ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE of 10.9%. You will pay a FINANCE CHARGE for all advances made against your MASTERCARD PLATINUM PREMIER credit card (Without Rewards) at the periodic rate of .0243836% per day, which has a corresponding ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE of 8.9%. Cash advances incur a FINANCE CHARGE from the date they are posted to the account. If you have paid your account in full by the due date shown on your previous statement, or there is no previous balance, you have not less than 25 days to repay your account balance before a FINANCE CHARGE on new purchases will be imposed. Otherwise there is no grace period and new purchases will incur a FINANCE CHARGE from the date they are posted to the account. The FINANCE CHARGE is figured by applying the periodic rate to the “balance subject to FINANCE CHARGE” which is the “average daily balance” of your account, including certain current transactions. The “average daily balance” is arrived by taking the beginning balance of your account each day and adding any new cash advances, and, unless you pay your account in full by the due date shown on your previous monthly statement or there is no previous balance, adding in new purchases, and subtracting any payment or credits and unpaid FINANCE CHARGES. The daily balances for the billing cycle are then added together and divided by the number of days in the billing cycle. The result is the “average daily balance”. The FINANCE CHARGE is determined by multiplying the “average daily balance” by the number of days in the billing cycle and applying the periodic rate to the product. You may pay any amounts outstanding at any time without penalty for early payment.
6. Other Charges - The following other charges (fees) will be added to your Account, as applicable:
   a. Over-the-Credit-Limit Fee: None
   b. Late Payment Fee: $32 for the first billing cycle when the minimum payment is not made within ten (10) days of the due date, increasing to $38 each successive billing cycle the minimum payment is not made within ten (10) days of the due date and continuing until payments are made within ten (10) days of the due date for six (6) consecutive billing cycles. Late fees will not exceed the minimum payment currently due on your account.
   c. Return Check Fee: If a check or share draft used to make a payment on your account is returned unpaid, you may be charged a fee up to $32 for each item returned. In no event will the Return Check Fee exceed the required minimum payment for the applicable statement period.
   d. Collection Costs: You agree to pay all costs of collecting the amount you owe under this Agreement, including court costs and reasonable attorney’s fees.
   
7. Payments - Each month you must pay at least the minimum payment shown on your statement by the date specified on the statement or no later than twenty-five (25) days from the statement closing date, whichever is later. If your statement says the payment is “Now Due,” your payment is due no later than twenty-five (25) days from the statement closing date. You may pay more frequently, pay more than the minimum payment or pay the Total New Balance in full. If you make extra or larger payments, you are still required to make at least the minimum payment each month your Account has a balance (other than a credit balance). The minimum payment is 3% of your Total New Balance, or $15.00, whichever is greater, plus the amount of any prior minimum payments that you have not made, and any amount you are over your credit limit. The Credit Union also has the right to demand immediate payment of any amount by which you are over your credit limit.
   
8. Payment Allocation - Subject to applicable law, your payments may be applied to what you owe the Credit Union in any manner the Credit Union chooses.
9. Security Interest - If you give the Credit Union a specific pledge of shares by signing a separate pledge of shares, your pledged shares will secure your Account. You may not withdraw amounts that have been specifically pledged to secure your Account until the credit union agrees to release all or part of the pledged amount. In addition, your Account is secured by all other shares you have in any individual or joint account with the Credit Union, except for shares in an Individual Retirement Account or in any other account that would lose special tax treatment under state or federal law if given as security. You authorize the Credit Union to apply the balance in your individual or joint share accounts to pay any amounts due on your Account if you should default. Collateral securing other loans you have with the Credit Union may also secure this loan, except that a dwelling will never be considered as security for this Account, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other agreement.
10. Default - You will be in default if you fail to make any minimum payment or other required payment by the date that it is due. You will be in default if you break any promise you make under this Agreement. You will be in default if you die, file for bankruptcy or become insolvent, that is, unable to pay your obligations when they become due. You will be in default if you make any false or misleading statements in any credit application or credit update. You will also be in default if something happens that the Credit Union believes may substantially reduce your ability to repay what you owe.
    When you are in default, the Credit Union has the right to demand immediate payment of your full Account balance without giving you notice. If immediate payment is demanded, you agree to continue paying finance charges, at the periodic rate charged before default, until what you owe has been paid, and any shares that were given as security for your Account may be applied towards what you owe.
11. Liability for Unauthorized Use-Lost/Stolen Card Notification - You agree to notify us immediately, orally or in writing, at 8404 FM 1960 Bypass Road W, Humble, TX 77338, or 800-449-7728, of the loss, theft, or unauthorized use of your credit card. You may be liable for the unauthorized use of your credit card. You will not be liable for unauthorized use that occurs after you notify us of the loss. If you exercise reasonable care in safeguarding your card from risk of loss or theft and, upon discovering the loss or theft promptly report the loss or theft to us, you will not be liable for any unauthorized transactions. In any case, your liability will not exceed $50.00.
12. Changing or Terminating Your Account - The Credit Union may change the terms of the Agreement from time to time. Notice of any change will be given in accordance with applicable law. If permitted by law and specified in the notice to you, the change will apply to your existing Account balance as well as to future transactions.
    Either you or the Credit Union may terminate this Agreement at any time, but termination by you or the Credit Union will not affect your obligation to pay the Account balance plus any finance and other charges your owe under this agreement. You are also responsible for all transactions made to your Account after termination, unless the transactions were unauthorized.
    The Card or Cards you receive remain the property of the Credit Union and you must recover or surrender to the Credit Union all Cards upon request or upon termination of this Agreement whether by you or the Credit Union. The Credit Union has the right to require you to pay your full Account balance at any time after your Account is terminated, whether it is terminated by you or the Credit Union. If this is a joint Account, Section 19 of this Agreement also applies to termination of the Account.
13. Credit Information - You authorize the Credit Union to investigate your credit standing when opening or reviewing your Account. You authorize the Credit Union to disclose information regarding your Account to credit bureaus and creditors who inquire about your credit standing. If your account is eligible for emergency cash and/or emergency card replacement services, and you request such services, you agree that we may provide you with the requested service(s).
14. Returns and Adjustments - Merchants and others who honor your Card may give credit for returns or adjustments, and they will do so by sending the Credit Union a credit slip which will be posted to your Account. If your credits and payments exceed what you owe the Credit Union, the amount will be applied against future purchases and cash advances. If the credit balance amount is $1 or more, it will be refunded upon your written request or automatically after six (6) months.
15. Automatic Billing Updater (ABU) - InvesTex Credit Union subscribes to the MasterCard Automatic Biller Updater program and provides updated card information to the service. Merchants who may participate in the Automatic Billing Updater program will receive updated cardholder information for recurring card transactions. Information such as your expiration date, card number (if the original card was lost/stolen/transferred) and closed card notifications are updated with this service and communicated directly to participating merchants with whom you have recurring payments. To ensure your payments continue uninterrupted, we recommend you continue to notify each merchant of any card changes since not all merchants subscribe to this service.
16. Additional Benefits/Card Enhancements - The Credit Union may from time to time offer additional services to your Account, such as travel accident insurance, at no additional cost to you. You understand that the Credit Union is not obligated to offer such services and may withdraw or change them at any time.
17. Foreign Transactions - Purchases, cash advances and cash withdrawals made in foreign currencies will be debited from your account in U.S. dollars. The exchange rate used to convert foreign currency transactions to U.S. dollars is either a government-mandated exchange rate or a wholesale exchange rate and is selected by MasterCard. The rate MasterCard uses for a particular transaction is the rate MasterCard selects for the applicable currency on the day the transaction is processed. This rate may differ from the rate applicable on the date the transaction occurred or was posted to your account.
    A fee of up to 1 percent will be charged on all transactions completed outside of the United States where the cardholder’s country code differs from the merchant’s country code. In addition, a fee up to 1 percent will be charged on all transactions completed in a foreign currency. All fees are calculated based on the transaction amount after it is converted to U.S. dollars. These fees are charged except where included.
18. Merchant Disputes - The Credit Union is not responsible for the refusal of any merchant or financial institution to honor your Card. The Credit Union is subject to claims and defenses (other than tort claims) arising out of goods or services you purchase with the Card if you have made a good faith attempt but have been unable to obtain satisfaction from the merchant or service provider, and (a) your purchase was made in response to an advertisement the Credit Union sent or participated in sending to you; or (b) your purchase cost more than $50 and was made in your state or within one hundred (100) miles of your home.
19. Joint Accounts - If this is a joint Account, each person on the Account must sign the Agreement (by signing on the application). Each of you will be individually and jointly responsible for paying all amounts owed under this Agreement. This means that the Credit Union can require any one of you individually to repay the entire amount owed under this Agreement. Each of you authorizes the other(s) to make purchases or cash advances individually. Any one of you may terminate the Account and the termination will be effective as to all of you.
20. Effect of Agreement - This Agreement is the contract which applies to all transactions on your Account even though the sales, cash advances, credit or other slips you sign or receive may contain different terms.
21. No Waiver - The Credit Union can delay enforcing any of its rights any number of times without losing them.
22. Statement And Notices - Statements and notices will be mailed to you at the most recent address you have given the Credit Union. Notice sent to any one of you will be considered notice to all.
23. Final Expression - This Agreement is the final expression of the terms and conditions of this MasterCard line of credit between you and the Credit Union. This written Agreement may not be contradicted by evidence of any alleged oral agreement.
24. Copy Received - You acknowledge that you have received a copy of the Agreement.
25. Signatures - By signing in the Signature area of the application form that was attached to this Agreement when you received it, you agree to the terms of this Agreement. You should detach this Agreement from the application and retain it for your records.
26. Credit Card Changes - Any Credit Card changes require 45 days advance notice. Credit Card holders may cancel their credit card prior to the effective date of the changes.
27. Age - Applicants must be 21 years of age or a parent/legal guardian will be required to sign as a co-applicant.

YOUR BILLING RIGHTS
KEEP THIS NOTICE FOR FUTURE USE

This notice contains important information about your rights and our responsibilities under the Fair Credit Billing Act.

Notify Us In Case of Errors Or Questions About Your Bill - If you think your bill is wrong or if you need more information about a transaction on your bill, write us on a separate sheet at the address listed on your bill. Write to us as soon as possible. We must hear from you no later than sixty (60) days after we sent you the first bill on which the error or problem appeared. You can telephone us, but doing so will not preserve your rights.

In your letter, give us the following information:

• Your name and account number.
• The dollar amount of the suspected error.
• Describe the error and explain, if you can, why you believe there is an error. If you need more information, describe the item you are not sure about.

If you have authorized us to pay your credit card bill automatically from your savings or share draft account, you can stop the payment on any amount you think is wrong. To stop the payment your letter must reach us three (3) business days before the automatic payment is scheduled to occur.

Your Rights And Our Responsibilities After We Receive Your Written Notice - We must acknowledge your letter within thirty (30) days, unless we have corrected the error by then. Within ninety (90) days, we must either correct the error or explain why we believe the bill was correct.

After we receive your letter, we cannot try to collect any amount you question, or report you as delinquent. We can continue to bill you for the amount you question, including finance charges, and we can apply an unpaid amount against your credit limit. You do not have to pay any questioned amount while we are investigating, but you are still obligated to pay the parts of your bill that are not in question.

If we find that we made a mistake on your bill, you will not have to pay any finance charges related to any questioned amount. If we didn’t make a mistake, you may have to pay finance charges, and you will have to make up any missed payments on the questioned amount. In either case, we will send you a statement of the amount you owe and the date that it is due.

If you fail to pay the amount that we think you owe, we may report you as delinquent. However, if our explanation does not satisfy you and you write to us within ten (10) days telling us that you still refuse to pay, we must tell anyone we report to that you have a question about your bill. And, we must tell you the name of anyone we reported you to. We must tell anyone we report you to that the matter has been settled between us when it finally is.

If we don’t follow these rules, we can’t collect the first $50 of the questioned amount, even if your bill was correct.

Special Right For Credit Card Purchases - If you have a problem with the quality of property or services that you purchased with a credit card, and you have tried in good faith to correct the problem with the merchant, you may have the right not to pay the remaining amount due on the property or services. There are two (2) limitations on this right:

• You must have made the purchase in your home state or within one hundred (100) miles of your current mailing address; and
• The purchase price must have been more than $50.

These limitations do not apply if we own or operate the merchant, or if we mailed you the advertisement for the property or services.

This Credit Union is insured by American Share Insurance.

How Will We Calculate Your Balance? We use a method called “average daily balance (including new purchases).” See your account agreement for more details.

Billing Rights: Information on your rights to dispute transactions and how to exercise those rights is provided in your account agreement.

The information disclosed here is accurate as of October 1, 2024. Approval is based on your credit information obtained from consumer credit reporting agencies InvesTex Credit Union uses. Credit card changes require 45 days advance notice. Credit card holders may cancel their credit card prior to the effective date of a rate change or other significant changes.

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Credit Card Application

Please provide all the requested information. When you have completed the form, press the Submit button to send your application. If necessary, we will contact you for additional information.

Income verification may be required; other information may be required.

I certify that statements on this application are true and complete. I authorize any person, association, firm or corporation to furnish, on request of this Financial Institution, information concerning me or my affairs.(Sec. 1014, Title 18, U.S. Code makes it a Federal Crime to knowingly make a false statement on this application.)

AUTHORIZATION TO OBTAIN CONSUMER REPORTS AND APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP/LOAN

I hereby authorize InvesTex Credit Union to order and review consumer reports for the purpose of evaluating me to open a share account, checking account, obtain a loan, or other financial services with InvesTex Credit Union. This includes reports for verifying credit history, deposit account history, and identification verification. I acknowledge that I am authorizing the Credit Union to review my report to aid in identifying other products and services for which I may be eligible.

I understand that information contained in these reports may in whole, or in part, influence InvesTex Credit Union’s decision to open an account, obtain a loan, or provide other financial services for me.